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Welcome to Superfamily Acridoidea!

Acridoidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Orthoptera > Suborder Caelifera > Infraorder Acrididea > Superfamily Acridoidea

(From Wikipedia) Acridoidea is the largest superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with species found on every continent except Antarctica.

FACT: Orthopterans first sprung up around 300 million years ago, with the cricket/grasshopper divide happening around 40 million years later!

Currently discovered: 2/11 Families

Family

  1. Romaleidae - Lubber Grasshoppers
  2. Acrididae - Short-Horned Grasshoppers